Corporate AI investment

Willkie is adopting and deploying Lexis+ with Protégé to elevate its legal work.

Fearn, an AI-native patent law firm, has formally launched to focus on patent prosecution for startups. The firm is building and utilizing proprietary models and a custom drafting and client management system purpose-built for patent law.

BigHand acquired UK legal AI pricing company Ayora to integrate its technology into BigHand's Matter Pricing product.

Morgan & Morgan committed at least $1 billion over the next decade toward incorporate AI into the law firm.

Cooley launched a firm-owned artificial intelligence company subsidiary called Cooley AI to build internal tools for its lawyers and reshape legal service delivery.

Seyfarth Shaw has leaned into legal service delivery innovation and generative AI to position itself at the forefront of the market and assist clients with innovation.

Mayer Brown formed a strategic arrangement with technology company Scissero to offer clients AI-powered, streamlined document production and filing for structured products.

BARBRI acquired Lega, a platform designed to help law students, legal professionals, and law firms build AI fluency.

Elevate expanded its software business by acquiring Lupl's AI-native legal project management and workflow platform.

Reed Smith utilizes an internal AI tool called RUTH to handle trainee seat allocations. The system sorts trainees into preferences based on fairness and business need.

Slaughter and May adopted the legal AI platform Harvey firm-wide in April 2026 as part of its investment in legal AI technology.

Garfield.Law became an AI-driven law firm authorized by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in May 2025 to help businesses recover unpaid debts using automated workflows.

Allen & Overy trialed legal AI platform Harvey starting in November 2022 and announced a firmwide rollout across 43 offices in February 2023.

NetDocuments launched Smart Answers alongside expanded direct connectivity to AI models and tools within its legal document management platform.

Sullivan & Cromwell developed an internal agreement analyzer application leveraging the firm's negotiating playbooks and selected precedents to identify risks, suggest redlines, and prepare client guidance.

Sullivan & Cromwell built an internal AI tool called Agreement Analyzer to assist with deal review.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.'s Legal Data Science team built a self-service AI NDA tool for its Enterprise Legal Solutions division. The tool allows internal underwriting teams to receive immediate automated feedback on non-disclosure agreements against US requirements.

Mars Inc.'s legal department built 'Mars Legal Beagle,' an internal AI agent on Microsoft Copilot to make its legal knowledge base searchable across 230+ legal professionals. The tool provides direct links to source documents to eliminate duplicate requests and cut outside counsel costs.

Salesforce's Global Labor & Employment legal team uploaded years of outside counsel advice, regulations, and legal requirements into a source-grounded AI research assistant. The closed-universe repository allows the team to query international labor compliance laws with citations.

Elastic N.V.'s trade compliance and legal operations teams used Google's NotebookLM to convert dense legal and compliance guides into tailored training scripts and video courses. The initiative created a four-part training course on data privacy and AI usage for its engineers.